Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 NY Yankees 3
NY Yankees 8 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
Florida 4 PITTSBURGH 3
CLEVELAND 7 Minnesota 1
WASHINGTON 6 Atlanta 4
PHILADELPHIA 6 Milwaukee 2
TORONTO 2 Baltimore 1
TAMPA BAY 11 Texas 8
HOUSTON 2 San Francisco 1
COLORADO 5 Arizona 3
SAN DIEGO 3 Cincinnati 2
BOSTON v Detroit (postponed)
American League leaders
BATTING: Posada, New York, .375; Jeter, New York, .368; Mauer, Minnesota, .353; MOrdonez, Detroit, .343; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .341; Youkilis, Boston, .333; Upton, Tampa Bay, .331.
RUNS: ARodriguez, New York, 35; Sheffield, Detroit, 33; Sizemore, Cleveland, 32; DeJesus, Kansas City, 31; MOrdonez, Detroit, 29; Youkilis, Boston, 28; Matthews, Los Angeles, 28.
RBI: ARodriguez, New York, 39; MOrdonez, Detroit, 37; DOrtiz, Boston, 33; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 33; Lowell, Boston, 30; Sosa, Texas, 30; THunter, Minnesota, 29.
HITS: Jeter, New York, 56; Polanco, Detroit, 50; Tejada, Baltimore, 50; DeJesus, Kansas City, 47; Matthews, Los Angeles, 47; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 47; MOrdonez, Detroit, 47.
DOUBLES: MOrdonez, Detroit, 19; DOrtiz, Boston, 16; THunter, Minnesota, 16; Teixeira, Texas, 13; VWells, Toronto, 13; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 13; Posada, New York, 13.
TRIPLES: TPena, Kansas City, 5; Granderson, Detroit, 5; Buck, Oakland, 3; Barfield, Cleveland, 3; DeJesus, Kansas City, 3; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 3; CGuillen, Detroit, 3; Cora, Boston, 3.
HOME RUNS: ARodriguez, New York, 15; Morneau, Minnesota, 11; Kinsler, Texas, 10; DOrtiz, Boston, 9; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 9; Sosa, Texas, 9; Rios, Toronto, 8; JhPeralta, Cleveland, 8; MOrdonez, Detroit, 8; THunter, Minnesota, 8.
STOLEN BASES: Sizemore, Cleveland, 14; BRoberts, Baltimore, 13; JLugo, Boston, 12; Lofton, Texas, 12; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 11; Willits, Los Angeles, 8.
PITCHING (5 Decisions): Beckett, Boston, 7-0, 1.000, 2.66; Sabathia, Cleveland, 6-1, .857, 3.65; Carmona, Cleveland, 4-1, .800, 3.12; Verlander, Detroit, 4-1, .800, 2.76; Blanton, Oakland, 4-1, .800, 3.32; Schilling, Boston, 4-1, .800, 3.63; Matsuzaka, Boston, 5-2, .714, 4.17.
STRIKEOUTS: Bedard, Baltimore, 63; Sabathia, Cleveland, 63; JoSantana, Minnesota, 56; Burnett, Toronto, 55; Shields, Tampa Bay, 54; Lackey, Los Angeles, 54; Matsuzaka, Boston, 52.
SAVES: TJones, Detroit, 13; Jenks, Chicago, 12; FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 12; Borowski, Cleveland, 12; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 12; Papelbon, Boston, 10; Street, Oakland, 9; Putz, Seattle, 9.
National League leaders
BATTING: DeLee, Chicago, .390; Helton, Colorado, .363; Holliday, Colorado, .356; HaRamirez, Florida, .342; Rowand, Philadelphia, .340; JBReyes, New York, .337; Renteria, Atlanta, .331.
RUNS: HaRamirez, Florida, 37; JBReyes, New York, 35; Rollins, Philadelphia, 35; Johnson, Atlanta, 31; Weeks, Milwaukee, 31; Utley, Philadelphia, 31; Renteria, Atlanta, 31.
RBI: Hardy, Milwaukee, 39; CaLee, Houston, 37; Fielder, Milwaukee, 33; Utley, Philadelphia, 33; Holliday, Colorado, 31; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 31; Francoeur, Atlanta, 30; Willingham, Florida, 30; AJones, Atlanta, 30.
HITS: Holliday, Colorado, 57; JBReyes, New York, 57; DeLee, Chicago, 55; Hardy, Milwaukee, 53; HaRamirez, Florida, 52; Renteria, Atlanta, 52; Rowand, Philadelphia, 50; Rollins, Philadelphia, 50; CaLee, Houston, 50.
DOUBLES: Utley, Philadelphia, 19; DeLee, Chicago, 17; Holliday, Colorado, 15; Uggla, Florida, 14; Church, Washington, 14; ASoriano, Chicago, 14; JBReyes, New York, 13; Tracy, Arizona, 13; CJones, Atlanta, 13.
TRIPLES: JBReyes, New York, 7; Rollins, Philadelphia, 5; DRoberts, San Francisco, 4; HaRamirez, Florida, 3; KGreene, San Diego, 3; Weeks, Milwaukee, 3; Amezaga, Florida, 3; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 3; Biggio, Houston, 3.
HOME RUNS: Hardy, Milwaukee, 13; Fielder, Milwaukee, 12; Dunn, Cincinnati, 11; Bonds, San Francisco, 11; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 10; CJones, Atlanta, 10; Rollins, Philadelphia, 9; CaLee, Houston, 9; ARamirez, Chicago, 9.
STOLEN BASES: JBReyes, New York, 23; Pierre, Los Angeles, 15; Victorino, Philadelphia, 14; HaRamirez, Florida, 13; Taveras, Colorado, 10; Rollins, Philadelphia, 9.
PITCHING (5 Decisions): Penny, Los Angeles, 5-0, 1.000, 1.39; Hamels, Philadelphia, 6-1, .857, 3.30; Maine, New York, 5-1, .833, 2.15; Capuano, Milwaukee, 5-1, .833, 2.93; Harang, Cincinnati, 5-1, .833, 4.42; Peavy, San Diego, 5-1, .833, 1.64; Marquis, Chicago, 5-1, .833, 2.22; THudson, Atlanta, 5-1, .833, 1.77.
STRIKEOUTS: Peavy, San Diego, 71; Hamels, Philadelphia, 70; Wolf, Los Angeles, 62; Harang, Cincinnati, 53; Webb, Arizona, 52; Lilly, Chicago, 48; Smoltz, Atlanta, 48.
SAVES: FCordero, Milwaukee, 15; Saito, Los Angeles, 13; Valverde, Arizona, 13; STorres, Pittsburgh, 11; Fuentes, Colorado, 10; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 10; Hoffman, San Diego, 10.
NBA
NEW YORKK: Results from the NBA play-offs on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
New Jersey 83 CLEVELAND 72
(Cleveland leads the best-of-seven series 3-2)
San Antonio 88 PHOENIX 85
(San Antonio leads the best-of-seven series 3-2)
NHL
NEW YORK: Result from the NHL play-offs on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
Buffalo 3 OTTAWA 2
(Ottawa leads the best-of-seven series 3-1)
SOCCER
Libertadores Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO: Summaries of South American Libertadores Cup quarter-final first leg matches played on Wednesday:
In Montevideo: Defensor Sporting (Uruguay) 2 Gremio (Brazil) 0
Scorers: Gonzalo Sorondo 1, Williams Martinez 43
Red cards: Alvaro Gonzalez (Defensor Sporting) 38, Diego Souza (Gremio) 90+4
Halftime: 2-0; Attendance; 23,000
In Mexico City: America (Mexico) 0 Santos (Brazil) 0
Attendance: 90,000
Tennis
Hamburg Masters
HMABURG: Hamburg Masters results on Wednesday (x-denotes seedings):
Second round
Roger Federer (Swi x1) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-3 2-6 6-4; Carlos Moya (Spa) bt Tomas Berdych (Cze x10c) 3-6 7-5 7-6(6); Lleyton Hewitt (Aus x16) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-2 7-6(3); Rafael Nadal (Spa Z2) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spa) 7-5 6-1; Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-7(3) 6-1 6-4
Italian Open
ROME: Italian Open second round results on Wednesday:
Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita x16) 6-4 6-2; Nadia Petrova (Rus x5) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 7-6(5) 6-1; Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Amelie Mauresmo (Fra x1) 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(7); Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo x15) 6-3 6-2; Nathalie Vierin (Ita) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) 4-6 6-4 6-4; Daniela Hantuchova (Svk x9) bt Sybille Bammer (Auta) 6-1 6-2; Anna Chakvetadze (Rus x7) bt Yan Zi (Chn) 6-1 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (Ser x3) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-3 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x2) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 6-3 6-3; Shahar Peer (Isr x11) bt Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 6-0 6-2; Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Karolina Sprem (Cro) 6-3 6-4; Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 1-6 6-2 6-2; Dinara Safina (Rus x6) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 7-6(5) 6-2; Elena Dementieva (Rus x10) bt Catalina Castano (Col) 6-4 6-3; Patty Schnyder (Swi x14) bt Meilen Tu (USA) 6-4 6-0.
Moroccan Grand Prix
FEZ, Morocco: Second round results from the Moroccan Grand Prix on Wednesday:
Raluca Olaru (Rom) bt Vania King (USA x6) 6-4 6-2; Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk x9) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Julie Ditty (USA) 6-3 6-4; Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Jill Craybas (USA x6) 6-7(2) 6-0 6-3.
(China Daily 05/18/2007 page22)
